Livin’ Loud LAN Party

LAN partiers and Wii’ers, Phideux and Atch hosting the “Livin’ Loud LAN party!” We’re gonna try another LAN party, aight? Atch’s kickin’ it at his place (Waterville). No headphones allowed! (That was Phideux’s idea after his last party.) The tentative plan: We’ll start Friday night

Some great news!

I’ve been so busy with the move and the house that I haven’t given any updates lately on our Folding@Home team for_xk9. There have been some dramatic changes for our team. First I would like to welcome new team members: Catlynnford jspecht IET Catlynnford is

Expiration Depression

Well I am very sad to say that I am no longer an annual Passholder with Walt Disney World. My first annual pass to the “Happiest Celebration On Earth” expired yesterday! The Travel Channel has been running Walt Disney travel specials all day long. I

Are You Ready for Day Light Savings Time in 2007?

In 2005, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This Act called for various changes such as: A tax credit of up to $3,400 for owners of hybrid vehicles. Increases the amount of ethanol that must be mixed with gasoline. And finally a favorite

Blizzard of 2007!

Well I dodged the Blizzard Bullet and moved into the new house last weekend. Actually, it’s been two weeks already! Wow how time flies. I’ve had some major hardware issues with the webserver. In other words, the computer that holds this website. With the help

Website Troubles

As you can see the website is back up but I am running on the bad hard drive. It could go bad completely at any moment. I’ll be attempting to stabilise the website and hardware in the coming days.

Officially Closed

I closed on both properties today. HOORAY! I’m so glad that is done! Now I must return to packing or the movers will be very angry come Sunday. No blizzard but the tempeture is suppose to be in the single digits. What a moving day!

1 Week and Counting!

I cannot believe that one week from today I’ll be moved into the new house. Where did the last month go? I’ll be taking the entire upcoming week off to prepare for the closing and move. Here is the basic time line: Monday- Continue packing

2007 North American Internation Auto Show

I toured the 2007 North American International Auto Show with friends Jim, JC, Mark, Jeff, and my brother today in what has become a tradition each year. It was another good show with plenty to see and even more to dream of driving. All my

House Update

I should be posting some new information on my house search within the next few days. Until then, Happy New Year! Stay tuned

Really Impressive Stats!

Happy Holidays! I thought I’d share an update on our team’s very impressive Folding at Home stats. Team for_xk9 (46505): Of 47,013 teams across the entire world, we are ranked 428th !!! That puts us in the top 0.9% of all teams working on this

Merry Christmas and Thankfulness

I Wish You a Very Merry Christmas! While New Year’s is typically the time I find myself reminiscing about the past year, I can’t help but to myself thinking of my friends this holiday season. I’ve had two friends lose very dear family members this

House for Sale

My House is For Sale! !!!!!!! Update – Accepted Offer !!!!!!! I signed the offer this afternoon. As long as the inspections, financing, etc. don’t have any serious issues it looks like I’ll be moving in late January or early February! Listed Monday December 18th,

Vote for …. Me!

The yearly photo contest is here! It’s time to vote for the most magical photo of 2006. AllEarsNet.net posts a photo each week throughout the year. I was lucky to have one of my photos posted back in February. Now you can vote to make

Ford Shelby Cobra GT-500 SVT

Wow! WOW! I just got a whole nights worth of a ride in a brand new Ford Shelby Cobra GT-500 SVT!!! It sure pays to have a brother who works at Ford AND has some friends in the Mustang division. What an amazing car, or

One of those great days

Today was one of those days that I’ll remember the rest of my life. It started out with me hoping to get some work done around the house and ended with much more than that. Garage Siding About 2 years ago along with some help

Touchdown!

Congratulations to the crew of STS-115! What a crazy mission that was.  

Congratulation crew of STS-115

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, STS-115 successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center today at about 11:15 am. Congratulations and good luck crew of Atlantis!  

Still around

Has it really been a MONTH since I’ve posted an update? Sure has, so here is an update. I’ve been extremely busy over the past month both at my house and my brothers new house. I’m preparing my house to list and he is trying

Florida Photos

Florida 2006 Photos have been added to the image gallery! It has been nearly a month since the Space Shuttle launch of Discovery. Time sure does fly! I find myself with a wholly different respect for our space program. The risks, the rewards, and the